1977–78 Cypriot Cup

May 2020 Cypriot Cup 1977–78 Cyprus 40 14 December 1977 – 11 June 1978 APOEL(10th title) Olympiakos Nicosia 1976–77 1978–79 The 1977–78 Cypriot Cup was the 36th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 40 clubs entered the competition. It began on 14 December 1977 with the preliminary round and concluded on 11 June 1978 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. APOEL won their 10th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Olympiakos Nicosia 3–0 in the final. Format In the 1977–78 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division and the Cypriot Third Division. The competition consisted of six knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out. The cup winner secured a place in the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup. Preliminary round In the preliminary round participated 7 teams of the 1977–78 Cypriot First Division, 5 teams of the 1977–78 Cypriot Second Division and 4 teams of the 1977–78 Cypriot Third Division. Team 1 Result Team 2(A) Alki Larnaca5 - 0 Iraklis Gerolakkou (B)(A) Anorthosis Famagusta14 - 1 Olimpiada Neapolis (C)(A) Apollon Limassol10 - 0 Faros Acropoleos (C)(C) Doxa Katokopias1 - 2 Ermis Aradippou (B)(A) EPA Larnaca7 - 1 ASIL Lysi (B)(B) Neos Aionas Trikomou0 - 2 Digenis Akritas Morphou (A)(A) AC Omonia13 - 2 AEK Ammochostos (C)(B) PAEEK0 - 1 Nea Salamis Famagusta (A) First round 9 clubs from the 1977–78 Cypriot First Division, 10 clubs from the 1977–78 Cypriot Second Division and 5 clubs from the 1977–78 Cypriot Third Division were added. Team 1 Result Team 2(A) Alki Larnaca2 - 0 Adonis Idaliou (C)(A) Anorthosis Famagusta1 - 1, 0 - 4 Enosis Neon Paralimni (A)(B) Omonia Aradippou0 - 1 APOEL (A)(A) Aris Limassol2 - 3 AC Omonia (A)(B) Ethnikos Assia 0 - 1 Ethnikos Achna (B)(C) Achilleas Kaimakli 1 - 6 AEL Limassol (A)(C) Anagennisi Deryneia 1 - 0 Parthenon Zodeia (B)(C) ENAD Ayiou Dometiou 0 - 1 APOP Paphos (A)(A) EPA Larnaca 2 - 1 Digenis Akritas Morphou (A)(B) Ermis Aradippou 1 - 0 Akritas Chlorakas (B)(B) Keravnos Strovolou 3 - 2 Evagoras Paphos (A)(C) AEK Kythreas 2 - 0 AEM Morphou (B)(B) Othellos Athienou 3 - 1 Orfeas Nicosia (B)(A) Olympiakos Nicosia 2 - 1 Apollon Limassol (A)(A) Nea Salamis Famagusta 3 - 1 Enosis Neon THOI Lakatamia (B)(A) Chalkanoras Idaliou 0 - 3 Pezoporikos Larnaca (A) Second round Team 1 Result Team 2(A) AEL Limassol 12 - 0 Othellos Athienou (B)(A) Alki Larnaca4 - 0 AEK Kythreas (C)(A) APOP Paphos 0 - 2 AC Omonia (A)(B) Ermis Aradippou0 - 4 EPA Larnaca (A)(B) Keravnos Strovolou 1 - 0 Pezoporikos Larnaca (A)(A) Olympiakos Nicosia 2 - 1 Ethnikos Achna (B)(A) Enosis Neon Paralimni 7 - 1 Anagennisi Deryneia (C)(A) Nea Salamis Famagusta 0 - 0, 1 - 4 APOEL (A) Quarter-finals Team 1 Result Team 2(A) AEL Limassol1 - 3 Olympiakos Nicosia (A)(A) Alki Larnaca0 - 1 EPA Larnaca (A)(A) APOEL1 - 0 Keravnos Strovolou (B)(A) Enosis Neon Paralimni1 - 3 AC Omonia (A) Semi-finals Team 1 Result Team 2(A) EPA Larnaca0 - 0, 0 - 1Olympiakos Nicosia (A)(A) AC Omonia0 - 2 APOEL (A) Final 11 June 1978 APOEL 3–0 Olympiakos Nicosia Takis Antoniou 20Andros Miamiliotis25Markos Markou33 GSP Stadium, Nicosia APOEL: G. Pantziaras (75' Koupanos), Menelaou, Stephanou, Stavrou, N. Pantziaras, Stephanis, Miamiliotis (75' Ermogenidis), K. Pantziaras, P. Chatzithomas, Markou, Antoniou. Olympiacos: Barnabas, Papageorgiou, Lucas, Georgiou, Faketti, Aristidou, Mario (70' Ethimiadis), Kalotheou, Koulis (23' Bouras), Mavris, Savvidis. Cypriot Cup 1977–78 WinnersAPOEL10th title Sources https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cyp78.html 1977/78 Cyprus Cup 2017-08-24 2017-09-08 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ΚΟΠ (Magazine), 30 March 2016, p. 72 Bibliography Gavreilides Michalis Papamoiseos Stelios el:Ένας αιώνας Κυπριακό ποδόσφαιρο One century Cypriot football 102–103 Nicosia el The writer 2001 9963-8720-1-8 40 χρόνια κυπριακές ομάδες στην Ευρώπη 40 years Cypriot teams in Europe Stephanidis Giorgos Haravgi Nicosia 2003 el 110 9963-8841-1-3 See also Cypriot Cup 1977–78 Cypriot First Division Category:Cypriot Cup seasons Category:1977–78 in European domestic association football cups Category:1977–78 in Cypriot football